2nd Annual Trashion Show THIS FRIDAY, April 21st 5:30PM-7:30PM
WRI River Haus Lawn |
Celebrate Earth Week in style! Join us for the 2nd annual Trashion Show THIS FRIDAY! There are 20 teams lined up to walk the runway in their outfits made from recycled materials and/or repurposed items. Come down to see the creative pieces and vote for your favorite!
This event is held outside on the lawn. Bring some snacks, a picnic blanket, or camp chair to make yourself comfortable! Chairs will also be available. If it rains, we have a "plan B" for moving indoors. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be for sale during this event.
This event is in partnership with Waste Loop, Sustainable NCW, and the Sustainability Club at Wenatchee Valley College. Thank you to our sponsors, Waste Management and Sage Mountain Natural Foods!
Photo from the Wenatchee World: the 2022 Peoples' Choice Award winning outfit by Stupid Stitch on model, Natalie Baerlocher. |
Register Now for Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest May 18th-21st, 2023 |
Registration is now open for the 21st annual Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest! It's going to be the biggest Bird Fest ever with over 50 birding field trips around North Central Washington. Some trips are filling up, so register ASAP! All current information, including the Bird Fest schedule and registration, can be found at the link below.
P.S. Did you hear that WRI partnered with Wenatchi Wear to make a new Bird Fest design and t-shirt? Check it out here. Order your shirt by May 4th! Shirts are only available through pre-order and will not be sold during Bird Fest.
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Red Barn Event - Block Printing Demonstration with Molly Hashimoto TONIGHT, April 19th 7:00PM-8:00PM Hybrid |
Join WRI, A Book for All Seasons, and artist and author, Molly Hashimoto for a step-by-step block printing demonstration and presentation about her research on western trees. She has been studying and painting western trees for decades and compiled it all in her new book, Trees of the West: An Artist's Guide. |
| Sustainable NCW Earth Day Fair Saturday, April 22nd 10:00AM-2:00PM Pybus Public Market |
Check out Sustainable NCW's Earth Day Fair this Saturday! WRI will have a booth at this event, stop by and say hello. Enjoy educational booths, activities for kids, and shop local, eco-friendly goods. Check out several models of electric vehicles and snag some awesome giveaways. |
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Leavenworth Earth Day Community Fair Sunday, April 23rd 11:00AM-4:00PM Enchantment Park |
Waste Loop invites you to celebrate Earth Day and community sustainability at the Leavenworth Earth Day Community Fair! WRI will have a booth at this event and will be leading two 30-minute guided nature walks. There will be music, food, activities, and educational booths and vendors! |
| Red Barn Event - Beaver-powered Restoration: The Wenatchee-Entiat Beaver Project
Wednesday, April 26th 7:00PM-8:00PM Hybrid |
Join WRI and Washington Native Plant Society to learn about Wenatchee-Entiat Beaver Project! The Project provides education and outreach to manage human-beaver conflicts, relocates beavers, and constructs beaver dam analogs to restore aquatic and riparian environments in Central Washington. |
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Coping with Climate Change: Which plants can make the move to cooler locations? Tuesday, May 2nd 7:00PM-8:00PM Virtual |
Join WRI and the Methow Conservancy to learn about how plants are coping with climate change. Dr. Nathalie Chardon will talk about the data collected last summer to answer the question of why many plant species aren't moving to higher elevations to keep up with climate change. |
| Introduction to Native Plants Walk Monday, May 8th 10:00AM-12:00PM |
Have you ever wondered how to tell one plant from another? Members of the Washington Native Plant Society will provide you with some tools to help you sort out the complexities of the green world. This is a free class, and there are only 3 spots left! RSVP now to reserve your space. |
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Spring Break Camp Highlights |
Spring has sprung! A dozen students in grades K-3 joined us on the WRI campus a couple weeks ago. There were students represented from 3 different school districts, as well as homeschool! During camp, students looked at the different ways spring is "springing". Each day of camp had a theme: plants & flowers, trees, bugs, birds, and habitat. Each day, they looked for signs of each theme! Students spent 5 days exploring, learning, making nature crafts, and making new friends. |
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Field Days with Sterling Middle School |
Students from Sterling Middle School in the Eastmont School District were ecosystem investigators on their visit to the WRI campus. There were over 150 seventh grade students that visited WRI over the course of 3 days last week. They explored the area and tested the health of the Wenatchee River. To do this, they looked at macroinvertebrates in the river and tested certain parameters which included dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, turbidity, nitrate, and phosphate levels. They also went on an ecosystem scavenger hunt and took a hike on the surrounding trails to learn about the area.
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Thank you to our Youth Education volunteers for helping out the last two weeks: Tim Abel, Mary Austin, Patti McGaughey, Jeremy Howell, Pat Willett, Christine Trigg, and Tammie Parkinson. |
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Are you passionate about WRI's mission to connect people, communities and the natural world? Learn how you can join our team and take part in delivering the mission! We have a few openings in our team: Field Educator - Development Director
- Board Member
- Garden Volunteer
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Composting with Winton Manufacturing |
Thank you to our local compost champion, Winton Manufacturing! Winton has introduced a new community composting program for the greater Leavenworth area. They are a local business trying to solve a couple of problems in the community by providing industrial composting, taking a waste product and turning it into a solution. Thanks to Winton, WRI is now able to compost food waste, yard waste, and other compostable materials that stem from programming with youth and adults as well as staff. This program allows us to significantly reduce our amount of garbage, and also allows an additional educational aspect. Not to mention, their investment in bear proof containers helps protect the wildlife that frequent our grounds!
In turn, Winton Manufacturing donated a truck load of compost to contribute to the E. Lorene Young Community Garden for members to use in their garden beds and for other educational purposes. Thank you for this service, Winton! |
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Thank you to our donors from the last two weeks! |
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Wild Birds Unlimited of Wenatchee Constance Cogburn - Sustaining Karen and Curt Haire - Sustaining Candace and Chuck Egner - Sustaining Diane Patterson and David Stoller - Sustaining Regina Sanchez Paula Dillinger Valerie Woolvett* Sarah Jusko* Kamuron Gurol - Sustaining Lydia and David Schoen Leavenworth Outdoor Center Clint and Julie Lougheed
Peter Thorn and Rose Bailey Debbie Carlson-Gould* Stephanie Fifield* John and Jane Zanol Jeanine SanClemente* Jeff and Eileen Hambleton |
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Tiffany Brine-Davies and Bill Davies - Sustaining Barbara Rohe* Camille Stemm Munchen Haus
Gro Buer and Bruce Williams - Sustaining Nona Clifton* Dave and Nancy Bartholomew - Sustaining *in honor of Snohomish Giving Circle |
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